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P. MOELLER.

y, WAGON CHUTE. 110,386,153.

Patented July 17 N, FEYERS. Phumlmmgraphw. washmgen. n, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRITZ MOELLER, OF DAVENPORT, IOVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO JOSEPH S. VATSON, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON=CHUTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,153, dated Jetty 17I 1888.

Application filed March 31, 1888. Serial No. 269,191.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRITZ MOELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa,

5 have invented anew and useful Vagon Chute or Conductor, of which the following is aspecitieation.

My invention relates to improvements in wagon chutes or conductors in which canvas ro or other textile or pliable material is used to form a conduit from the rear end ofthe wagonbox, the object of my improvement being to cause the wagon-box to continue rearward into a conduit when the end-boards are removed, i5 through which to convey or conduct grain or other suitable material from the wagon-box to a properly-placed receptacle below the month ot' the chute or conduit. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompa- 20 nying drawings, in which- Figure lisa side view of the chute or conduit when attached to the 1 ear end ot' a wagonbox. Fig. 2 is an end view of the chute or conduit., as shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 shows 2; the form of the textile or pliable material, the pieces C and D, shown before, being sewed or joined together.

Similarletters referto similar parts th roughont the several views.

E is a side view ofthe rear end of a wagonbox.

A, B, C, and D are the several textile or pliable pieces and their respective forms,joined together by sewing or otherwise at the seams 35 c c c and c, and the letters a represent button holes in said material.

The letters b represent buttons upon the (No model.)

endsn-that is, the side and bottom boards-of the wagon-box. These buttons I) are passed through the button-holes a of the chute or eonto duit. The end-boards of the wagon-box being removed, the grain or other material is passed through the chute or conduit by shoveling or otherwise and falls into a basket or other receptacle at the bot-tom or month ot the chute 1,5 or conduit.

I do not limit myself to attaching the chute or conduitto the rear end of the wagon-box by means of the button holes a and buttons b. as the chute may beso attached by other equivao lent means, as hooks, buckles, nails. and other similar devices. So the angles or form ofthe several pieces A, B, C, and D may be changed somewhat and yet embody all ofthe essential features of my invention. V

I am aware that chutes or conveyers have been constructed of metallic substances, which were joined to or attached to the rear end of wagon-boxes,and I theret'ore do not claim such combination, broadly; but

lhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A removable chute or conductor for wagonboXes,composed of textile or ot `er pliablematerial,liaving the parts A, B, C, and Djoined 65 together, as described, and provided with button-holes,and adapted to be attached to the rear end of a Wagon-box by means ofthe buttons b, substantially7 as set forth and described.

FRITZ MOELLER.

Vitnesses:

W. C. WARRINER, J. M. STEWART. 

